Mount SAMBA (SMBFS) share on OSX MAC APPLE

Mount SAMBA (SMBFS) share on OSX MAC APPLE (Mavericks users)

Modify the /etc/auto_master (sudo vi /etc/auto_master) file and add the following line:

/- auto_smb -nosuid

Create a folder on your system to place your mount in:

sudo mkdir /mnt

Create an /etc/auto_smb (sudo vi /etc/auto_smb) file that contains the following:

/mnt/mount_point -fstype=smbfs,soft ://user:pass@smbserver/share

Next, run the following command to update your settings:

sudo automount -vc

A few notes:

• The soft parameter specifies OSX to not halt on failure to connect to the SMB server during boot.
• When entering the password, it's better to URL encode it as some special characters will cause the automount to fail silently.
• nosuid parameter in the /etc/auto_master file prevents OSX from mounting the resource as readonly by root (see update below!).